Reflections From Sunday Evening

Surreal.  Sunday morning and I got up.  Prayed and read scriptures.  Watched a couple of worship services on line.  I will always be biased toward PWC!  Good job folks.  But here I am at home.  Cindy recently traveled so we are watching for any Covid-19 symptoms - grateful that she continues to have no fever, cough, or breathing difficulties.  But here we are. 
I do not think social distancing will become our new norm.  But hopefully we will learn some things that will contribute to a healthier society.  We have been created as social beings and God calls us to community. 
But things will be different.  The world will look and think - and I suspect pray - differently when we come through the challenges that lie ahead of us.
But the world has changed many times. 
The world changed after 9-11.
The world changed when a vaccine for polio was discovered. (And smallpox, and ......the list goes on and on.)
The world changed when World War II ended.
The world changed after the Civil War.
The world changed....go ahead and fill in your ideas.
But do you know when the world really changed?  Everything changed when Jesus was raised from the dead.  From that moment on death has been defeated.  God demonstrated that life will always and eternally prevail over death, sin, sickness and all that is contrary to God's redemptive purposes.
From that moment God showed that He is able to conquer death.
From that moment God showed that Jesus is willing to do whatever it takes to make life real.
From that moment the ultimate victory was won.
From that moment Jesus has called us to life.
We simply tend to forget some really amazing things.  Today I am remembering that my Savior, Jesus Christ, has overcome death itself and lives forever - and today. 
Remember.  It's a new world that keeps coming.
Looking to good and blessed days.
steve